As previously reported, in the episode, which will be broadcast in America on February 2 after the Super Bowl, Zooey Deschanel’s character Jess gets invited to one of Prince’s mansion parties with her best friend Cece (Hannah Simone). The rest of the regular cast – Nick (Jake Johnson), Schmidt (Max Greenfield), Winston (Lamorne Morris) and Coach (Damon Wayans Jr) – then gatecrash the party.

It was previously reported that Prince himself contacted the show’s producers and asked if he could appear in the series, as he was such a big fan. He pitched them an idea which involved one of his pyjama dance parties and was given the go-ahead.

La Havas and Prince struck up a friendship during her tour of America in 2013. A press release states that they jammed together at Prince’s Paisley Park Studio in Minneapolis and have kept in touch ever since. When Prince informed her that he was planning a series of London shows, she jokingly offered her flat as the location for the press conference.

Late last year it was rumoured that Prince was planning to embark on a UK tour in 2014. The shows will mark the first time he has played multiple dates since since 2007, when he appeared for 21 nights at London’s O2 Arena.